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Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro calls for dialogue, decentralisation in Kosovo

Publishing date: 18 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 18 June 2004- The Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro, Vuk Draskovic, called for dialogue and decentralisation in Kosovo in an address to the OSCE Permanent Council on Friday. He also urged the international community to ensure that the...

Paris meeting begins with calls on OSCE participating States to act against hate speech on the Internet

Publishing date: 16 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights
PARIS, 16 June 2004- A two-day international meeting has begun in Paris with several countries calling on the 55 States of the OSCE to take measures against hate speech and racist propaganda on the Internet. French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier...

OSCE Office in Baku launches project on human rights

Publishing date: 8 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing
BAKU, 8 June 2004- Rapid reaction to human rights violations and investigation of known cases in preliminary detention facilities in Azerbaijan will be the focus of a project jointly launched by the OSCE Office in Baku and the Ombudsman Institution...

First students graduate from OSCE Academy in Bishkek

Publishing date: 7 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 7 June 2004- Twenty-five students from Central Asia and Europe received their certificates on Saturday after completing an 18-week postgraduate course at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. They are the first major alumni to make up the junior...

Head of OSCE Office welcomes release of some Armenian opposition members

Publishing date: 4 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
YEREVAN, 4 June 2004- The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Vladimir Pryakhin, today welcomed the release from custody of two members of the opposition Republic party, Aramazd Zakaryan and Jora Sapeyan, and the withdrawal of charges against them. He...

OSCE Mission report encourages strengthening of human rights protection in Croatia

Publishing date: 2 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights
ZAGREB, 2 June 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia today presented a report calling on the Croatian authorities to enhance human rights protection by strengthening domestic institutions and harmonizing legislation with the European Convention on Human...

Tajik journalists receive OSCE training on reporting human trafficking

Publishing date: 2 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 2 June 2004- As part of its anti-trafficking programme, the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe has launched a five-day training programme on human trafficking reporting for 23 journalists from different regions of Tajikistan. The training is intended...